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The tails of Delta, JetBlue and United parked at the gate. All three airlines are customers of Viasat

Viasat remains bullish on IFC; says ViaSat-3 launch delayed by COVID

Viasat is now eyeing an early calendar year 2022 launch of its first ViaSat-3 satellite, after experiencing program delays due to the COVID-... Continue Reading

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Gogo envisages Bring Your Own License connected IFE

As the movie landscape is reshaped amid the COVID-19 crisis – and on the heels of the bombshell decision by Warner Bros. to exhibit it... Continue Reading

Over head image of a Delta Airlines aircraft (Airbus A321) after take off from Reagan "nAirport. Image features the underneath of the plane with clouds in background

Delta picks Viasat for more than 300 narrowbodies

Longtime Gogo customer Delta Air Lines has selected Viasat’s Ka-band satellite-supported inflight connectivity for more than 300 mainline na... Continue Reading

Flying over the arctic sea, sea ice and icebergs can be seen together with clouds. Image taken on a modern commercial aircraft

Kontron readies for airlines to roam between multiple networks

These days, it’s common for airlines to run data over two different satcom pipes on longhaul flights, transmitting safety and operatio... Continue Reading

KLM Boeing 737-800 in the airline's signature blue livery, banking left after taking off from El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain.

KLM selects Viasat inflight Internet for majority of European fleet

KLM has picked Viasat inflight connectivity for “a majority of its European fleet”, Viasat revealed today in a fiscal 2021 second quarter ea... Continue Reading

Business man traveling by plane wearing a facemask and using his laptop while looking through the window during the COVID-19 pandemic

Inmarsat and Hughes join forces on high-capacity IFC for North America

The inflight connectivity market in North America is hotly competitive, with service providers such as Gogo, Global Eagle and Viasat duking ... Continue Reading

A Qatar Airways Airbus 350-900 taxiing at Zurich Airport

Qatar Airways celebrates 100th aircraft with broadband Internet

Qatar Airways is celebrating the launch of its 100th aircraft to feature high-speed inflight Internet, which enables passengers to stay conn... Continue Reading